I've Learned

 I've learned that you cannot make someone love you.
 All you can do is be someone who can be loved.
 The rest is up to them.

 I've learned that no matter how much I care,
 some people just don't care back.

 I've learned that it takes years to build up trust,
 and only seconds to destroy it.

 I've learned that it's not what you have in your life,
 but who you have in your life that counts.

 I've learned that you can get by on charm for
 about 15 minutes.  After that, you'd better
 know something.

 I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself
 to the best others can do, but to the best you can do.

 I've learned that it's not what happens to people
 that's important.  It's what they do about it.

 I've learned that no matter how thin you slice it,
 there are always two sides.

 I've learned that it's taking me a long time to
 become the person I want to be.

 I've learned that it's a lot easier to react than it is to think.

 I've learned that you should always leave loved
 ones with loving words.  It may be the last time
 you see them.

 I've learned that you can keep going long
 after you think you can't.believe

 I've learned that we are responsible for what
 we do, no matter how we feel.

 I've learned that either you control your attitude
 or it controls you.

 I've learned that regardless of how hot and
 steamy a relationship is at first,
 the passion fades and there had better
 be something else to take it's place.

 I've learned that heroes are the people who do
 what has to be done when itneeds to be done,
 regardless of the consequences.

 I've learned that learning to forgive takes practice.

 I've learned that
 there are people who love you dearly,
  but just don't know how to show it.

 I've learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

 I've learned that my best friend and I can do anything or
 nothing and have the best time.

 I've learned that sometimes the people you
 expect to kick you when you're down
 will be the ones to help you get back up.

 I've learned that I'm getting more and more l
 like my grandma/grandpa
 and I'm kinda happy about it.

 I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry
 I have the right to be angry, but
 that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

 I've learned that true friendship continues to
 grow, even over the longest distance.
 Same goes for true love.
  
 I've learned that just because someone doesn't
 love you the way you want them
 to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

 I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of
 experiences you've had and what you've learned
 from them and less to do with
 how many birthdays you've celebrated.

 I've learned that you should never tell a child her
 dreams are unlikely or outlandish.  Few things are
 more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be
 if she believed it

 I've learned that your family won't always be there
 for you.  It may seem funny, but people you aren't
 related to can take care of you and love you and
 teach you to trust people again.  Families aren't biological.

 I've learned that no matter how good a friend someone is,
 they're going to hurt you every once in a while and
 you must forgive them for that.

 I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven
 by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

 I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken,
 the world doesn't stop for your grief.
  
 I've learned that our background and
 circumstances may have influenced
 who we are, but we are responsible for
 who we have become.

 I've learned that sometimes when my friends fight,
 I'm forced to choose sides
 even when I don't want to.

 I've learned that just because two people argue,
 it doesn't mean they don't love each other.
 And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they
 do.

 I've learned that sometimes you have to put the
 individual ahead of their actions.

 I've learned that we don't have to change friends if we
 understand that friends change.

 I've learned that if you don't want to forget
 something, stick it in your underwear drawer.

 I've learned that you shouldn't be so eager to
 find out a secret.  It could change your life forever.

 I've learned that the clothes I like best are the ones
 with the most holes in them.

 I've learned that two people can look at the exact
 same thing and see something totally different.

 I've learned that no matter how you try to protect
 your children, they will eventually get hurt and you
 will hurt in the process.

 I've learned that there are many ways of falling
 and staying in love.

 I've learned that no matter the consequences,
 those who are honest with
 themselves, get farther in life.

 I've learned that many things can be powered
 by the mind, the trick is self-control.

 I've learned that no matter how many friends you have,
 if you are their pillar, you will feel lonely and lost at
 the times you need them most.

 I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter
 of hours by people who don't even know you.

 I've learned that even when you think you have
 no more to give, when a friend
 cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.

 I've learned that writing, as well as talking,
 can ease emotional  pains.
I've learned that the paradigm we live in is not
 all that is offered to us.

 I've learned that credentials on the wall do not
 make you a decent human being.

 I've learned that the people you care most about in life
 are taken from you too soon.

 I've learned that although the word "love"
 can have many different meaning, it
 loses value when overly used.

 I've learned that it's hard to determine where to
 draw the line between being nice and not hurting
 people's feelings and standing up for what you believe.

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